Island B Cup playdowns

Coastal Cup and Provincial B Cup are open to those U14 to U18 UISA League teams who have qualified and declared B Cup. The UISA B Cup representative for both these tournaments is determined through the B Cup play-downs. One play-down series results in one winning team which competes at these two cup competitions.

First we hold playdowns within our district – these are single game elimination matches, with teams seeded by random draw held at the UISA GM in November.

UISA Play-downs will be held on Feb 4 and Feb 11 in 2018 and will determine who wins the Upper Island Berth for each division. A make-up day is scheduled for Feb 18 if needed.

In each division, the district winner advances to the Island B Cup Finals AND the Coastal B-Cup as the UISA B Cup Rep.

Next, district winners compete in the Island B Cup Finals – against the winning Lower Island Soccer Association team for their division. This is a single game elimination, scheduled Feb 24 or 25 2018 which determines the Island representative to Provincial B Cup in July.

Remember that once a team commits to B cup, that the team must play all games that they qualify for, up to and including Provincials. If a team does not fulfill this commitment then it WILL be sanctioned by UISA and/or BC Soccer.

Summary – Island B Cup playdown dates for 2018:

Sunday Feb 4 and Feb 11 – UI B-Cup Play downs, league games also scheduled. May play Sat if needed.

Feb 18 – Makeup day for UI B-Cup Play downs, league games also scheduled.

Saturday and/or Sunday, Feb 24/25 – B-Cup Island Finals UI vs. LI, league games also scheduled – U15, U17 Upper Island will Host; U14, U16, U18 Upper Island will be Away. Be prepared to play either day. Makeup days March 3/4 if needed.

Coastal B Cup 2018

Please see the Coastal Cup website for schedules, game sheets, rules & regulations, duties of coaches, and coaching certificaiton

UISA B-Cup reps who enter the Coastal Cup play single game elimination matches, starting in the quarter-final round. Matches may be held any day listed, at a location on the Island or in the Lower Mainland. Be prepared to play Saturday or Sunday.

For 2018:

Saturday and/or Sunday April 14/15 – Quarter Finals

Saturday and/or Sunday April 21/22 – Semi-Finals

Saturday and/or Sunday May 5/6 – Coastal Cup Final on the Lower Mainland

BC Soccer B-cup Provincial Finals

Provincial B Cup is a 3-day tournament with finals on the 4th day. Seeding for finals is based on the results of previous games in the tournament: 7 vs 8, 5 vs 6, 3 vs 4 and 1 vs 2.

Island Invitational Cup

The Island Invitational Cup is a tournament that showcases the best Upper Island UISA league teams versus the best Lower Island Gold League teams. It is a separate tournament from the Coastal B-Cup and BC Soccer Provincial B-Cup.

This competition is open to all U13 to U18 teams in the Upper Island, with the exception of VIPL or BCSPL teams. U11 teams are not permitted to challenge.

The Upper Island alternates hosting with the Lower Island Soccer Association for this annual tournament held each April/May since 1964 under rules mutually agreed to by the two Districts. The Upper Island district Pacific Development Cup winners will become the UISA representative Boys and Girls teams from U-14 to U-18 at the Island Invitational Finals against Lower Island. The Upper Island U13 representatives will be determined by Island Cup playdowns held March 10/11 as scheduled by the District.

UISA will host the 2018 Island Invitational finals in Powell River on April 28/29 2018.

Pacific Development Cup

The Upper Island Soccer Association introduced a new District Cup for 11-aside U14-U18 Tier 3 teamsin 2016-17. The Pacific Development Cup winners will become the U14-U18 Upper Island representative to Island Invitational Finals.

PDC Playdowns: Playdown brackets will be seeded by random draw. For the preliminary round, a home and away series will be scheduled for each pair of competitors on the bracket, to be played Oct 29 and Dec 3 in 2017. Finals will be a single game elimination match scheduled for the last weekend of the season, to be played on March 11 in 2018.

Please note: once a team has declared for Pacific Development Cup they must participate until they are eliminated or they have completed the Island Invitational finals. Failure to fulfill cup commitments will result in substantial sanctions from UISA.

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